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 by PARAM
5 years 7 months ago
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Barbados   Just far enough North of Philadelphia
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This year there are 3 teams on pace for 100 wins or more. The Boston Red Sox (113), the NY Yankees (101) and the Houston Astros (101). It would be the first time since 1946 (and fourth overall) for the Boston Red Sox. It would be the 20th time for the NY Yankees. And it would make consecutive seasons for Houston, who won it all last year. But that's not normally the case with 100 win teams. There have been ninety-nine 100-win seasons in MLB history since 1900, with 76 of them not ending up World Series Champions.

 by snackdaddy
5 years 7 months ago
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United States of America   Merced California
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I believe there were three 100 win teams last year. Only one can win it all. If there are 3 this season you can add at least two more to the mix that didn't win the series. Seems to me more times than not the team with the best record in the league doesn't win the World Series. You just gotta get there and get hot at the right time.

 by PARAM
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Snack it's not just when multiple teams win, somebody with 100 wins doesn't win it all, it's even when they're the only 100 win team, they can lose. Only once in the last 10 years have there been multiple 100 win teams (2017) and the last 5 times just one had 100 wins, only two won it all (2009 Yankees; 2016 Cubs).

Here's some interesting (to me) facts:

Prior to divisonal play in 1969, there were 27 teams who won 100 or more in the A.L. and 22 in the N.L.. The number of times they didn't play in the World Series was 8 (really 7); 3 from the A.L. and 5 from the N.L. (plus in that 5 were the 1904 Giants who didn't make the World Series because there was no World Series). The thing is it was done 49 times from 1900-1968 (69 years) while it's been done 50 times in the last 49 years (with probably 3 more coming in 2018). In the last 49 years, 26 of those 49 didn't make it to World Series. Currently it appears to be "easier" to win 100 games but it's tougher to get to the World Series. It makes sense with the expanded postseason.


From 1900 to 1968 there were 7 teams who won 100 or more and didn't make the postseason. The 1909 Cubs and the 1942 Dodgers both won 104 and didn't make it. The 1954 Yankees and 1902 Pirates won 103 and failed to make it. The 1962 Dodgers won 102 and failed, as did the 1961 (101 wins) and 1915 Tigers (100 wins). That's a hard pill to swallow.


Since 1968, only the 1993 Giants (103 wins) and 1980 Orioles (100 wins) didn't make the postseason. But that's really a harder pill to swallow in this day and age even if it occured when just 2 teams from each league qualified for the postseason. The expansion to 3 divisions in each league and 2 wild cards has virtually eliminated the chance of failing to get to the postseason after winning 100 or more.

Expansion has made it easier to win 100 with some really, really bad teams in each league. In fact over the last 10 years it's easier to lose 100 (11 times) than win 100 (8 times). Only once over that period, last year, were there multiple 100 win teams (3).

 by dieterbrock
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United States of America   New Jersey
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All I know is that this Yankee team has so much heart. Tons of breaks have gone against them but here they are, 2d best record in baseball.

 by PARAM
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dieterbrock wrote:All I know is that this Yankee team has so much heart. Tons of breaks have gone against them but here they are, 2d best record in baseball.


It ain't over till it's over. Get Judge back, get Sanchez back AND hitting again and they may still make it a fight. The Red Sox have done so well against the shitty teams while the Yankees have just done okay. Boston is due for a losing streak or an average streak. :D

 by dieterbrock
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PARAM wrote:It ain't over till it's over. Get Judge back, get Sanchez back AND hitting again and they may still make it a fight. The Red Sox have done so well against the shitty teams while the Yankees have just done okay. Boston is due for a losing streak or an average streak. :D

They don't need to win the division to please me. Boston is great this year, I don't find it an issue if they don't catch them.
Win the WC and then knock the snot out of the Sox works just fine for me

 by PARAM
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dieterbrock wrote:Win the WC and then knock the snot out of the Sox works just fine for me



That would reset the "norm" that existed previous to 2004. :D

Boston is on pace (now down to 114 wins) to be just the 9th team in history to play .700 or + baseball and just the 3rd team since 1954 to do it. Of those 8 who have done it, half have not ended up Champions. That being said, it's still quite an accomplishment.

Ironically, the first to do it, the 1906 Cubs (116-36; .763), did it in back to back years finishing with a 223-81 (.734) record and 1 Title (1907). The Yankees (1927 and 1998) won the Championship after both .700+ seasons and had a direct hand in stopping another (2001 Mariners).

I have the MLB.TV app and listening to the Boston announcers is entertaining. They were hoping for the "best team in history" record-wise. Still, winning the Championship AND having the best record all time is the only way to accomplish that.

 by dieterbrock
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PARAM wrote:That would reset the "norm" that existed previous to 2004. :D

Boston is on pace (now down to 114 wins) to be just the 9th team in history to play .700 or + baseball and just the 3rd team since 1954 to do it. Of those 8 who have done it, half have not ended up Champions. That being said, it's still quite an accomplishment.

Ironically, the first to do it, the 1906 Cubs (116-36; .763), did it in back to back years finishing with a 223-81 (.734) record and 1 Title (1907). The Yankees (1927 and 1998) won the Championship after both .700+ seasons and had a direct hand in stopping another (2001 Mariners).

I have the MLB.TV app and listening to the Boston announcers is entertaining. They were hoping for the "best team in history" record-wise. Still, winning the Championship AND having the best record all time is the only way to accomplish that.

Yup. Which is why everyone thinks the Yankees have the record for reg season wins. Because they did win the most games ever, at 125 but Seattle has the reg season title. Little good that did them

 by Gareth
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PARAM wrote:I have the MLB.TV app and listening to the Boston announcers is entertaining. They were hoping for the "best team in history" record-wise. Still, winning the Championship AND having the best record all time is the only way to accomplish that.


Well we all know how that turned out for the Patriots. Let's hope the Red Sox suffer the same fate as their football brethren.

 by PARAM
5 years 7 months ago
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dieterbrock wrote:Yup. Which is why everyone thinks the Yankees have the record for reg season wins. Because they did win the most games ever, at 125 but Seattle has the reg season title. Little good that did them


What's amazing is looking at those teams who had .700 or better during 154 game seasons. The 1998 Yankees have the most total wins (125). Seattle has the most regular season wins tied with the 1906 Cubs. But the 1906 Cubs have the best winning percentage of all, .747. 80 games over .500 (116-36) and 2-4 in the World Series (118-40). The 98 Yankees have the 4th best win percentage behind those Cubs, the 27 Yankees (.722; 114-44) and the 09 Pirates (.717; 114-45).

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